Chapter 365: Hans's Arrival

Chahar National Cemetery

One hundred and twenty-six soldiers in ceremonial uniforms listened to the officer's command, and the muzzle of their guns pointed at the sky at a forty-five degree angle.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bump!"

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bump!"

A sound seemed to knock on people's hearts, and the solemn atmosphere suppressed everyone's hearts.

In front of a sergeant dressed in a navy white gown stood an old man with a thin character, dressed in a crumpled but brand-new robe, which seemed to be the new clothes he wore during the Chinese New Year.

A sergeant solemnly took the black tiger flag on a white background that had been folded into a triangular shape from the soldier's hand, walked slowly to the old man, and solemnly gave it to him.

"This flag, in the name of a country and a Chahar government, is dedicated to you! In gratitude for your son's glorious, loyal and honorable service to the country, please allow us to express our gratitude for him and you on behalf of the whole country and the Chahar government with this banner, you have a good son worthy of our admiration. ”

The old man trembled and took the flag with grief, his tears had long since dried up, and all that remained was the endless sorrow and longing for his loved ones.

Su Tong, Jiang Baili, Long Yu and more than a hundred naval officers were also dressed in ceremonial clothes, standing solemnly aside, watching the grieving father white-haired man send the black-haired man, but he couldn't share even the slightest sorrow for this old man, and the discomfort in his heart can be imagined.

These were the first batch of naval soldiers killed in battle since the establishment of the Chahar Navy, and they were killed a few days ago when they were patrolling the Japanese waters more than 800 kilometers from Vladivostok while driving a frigate of the Chahar Navy, and they were caught in a fire by a Japanese destroyer formation.

At that time, the convoy consisted of only three frigates, and when it encountered an escort formation consisting of two Japanese destroyers and three frigates, the two sides discovered each other almost simultaneously. The newly formed young fleet met it almost without hesitation, and both sides opened fire at the same time.

In the Battle of Jiāo, three of Chahar's frigates sank one Japanese frigate and damaged two frigates at the cost of two sunk and one seriously wounded, and finally withdrew to the port under the cover of the planes when Chahar's shore-based planes arrived.

However, the Japanese did not take advantage of the ensuing torpedo planes, and under the bombardment of the torpedo planes that arrived later, the Japanese paid the price of two frigates before retreating under the cover of the Japanese planes that rushed to arrive.

The air forces of the two sides immediately launched an air battle in the air, and finally the two sides did not collect their troops until nightfall, and today is the day of the burial of these fallen naval officers and soldiers.

After the funeral ceremony, Long Yu led more than 100 naval officers and officers to Su Tong and Jiang Baili: "Commander Su, Chief Jiang, on behalf of all the officers and men of the First Submarine Brigade, I would like to ask you to fight. Although our Chahar navy strength is weak, we also have the courage to 'show our swords' in the face of a strong enemy like our army brothers, please allow us to fight!" ”

Su Tong and Jiang Baili glanced at each other, and after seeing Jiang Baili's approving eyes, they also nodded and said, "Okay, I approve that you can go to sea to find fighters." But you have to remember, although I advocate the 'bright sword' jīng god, but this bright sword is not the same as brute force, you can look for the Japanese army's xiǎo type ships and cargo ships to start, but at present, due to our serious shortage of personnel, the submarine formation has not yet formed a scale, and it is not appropriate to fight hard when encountering a large ship formation, otherwise it will not be a bright sword but a death, you must remember this! Do you understand? ”

"Yes, understood!" Long Yu and the others were overjoyed after receiving Su Tong's approval, and agreed in unison.

"Alright, you guys go!"

Su Tong sighed and waved his hand lightly, and Long Yu and the others gave Su Tong and Jiang Baili a standard military salute and then retreated.

On a snow-covered xiǎo road, Su Tong and Jiang Baili were walking together on the xiǎo road. After the two walked for a while, Jiang Baili suddenly asked, "Jianming, what do you think of the sudden request made by the German government?" ”

"Humph!" Su Tong snorted coldly and said: "Hitler really treats us as Kaizi, four mén shore defense guns, that's worth two million dollars, he wants to take it away as soon as he touches his mouth, it's too xiǎo to look at us, really when we are all hillbillies who have never seen the world?" Don't give, resolutely don't give! ”

"But what about the equipment that Germany sold us? You can't do it, right? "Jiang Baili has a lot of concerns." And those experts who have just been sent are also urgently needed! ”

"Well, that's a problem!" Su Tong pondered, the equipment can be noted, those things are just a trick, as long as necessary, he can make Niu Ben in the moon base at any time to make better equipment, but those experts in plant construction and machinery manufacturing are irreplaceable. At present, the construction and manufacture of the Vladivostok shipyard is inseparable from them, and Hitler used this to blackmail them!

"Well, why don't we use these two million to exchange them for a few more submarines?" Jiang Baili carefully considered it for a while before suggesting.

"No, now that they are vigorously expanding their army, the Germans will definitely not agree!" Su Tong vetoed the proposal without thinking about it.

Just as the two of them were in trouble, a staff officer quickly walked over from the front and reported: "Chief Su, the German political envoy, Colonel Hans, has arrived in Zhangjiakou and is now waiting for your reception!" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, "Yo, say Cao cào, Cao cào has arrived!" ”

7th Theater Command

Hans was sitting in the living room slowly drinking a cup of green tea, and the bitter tea in his mouth increased the bitterness in his mouth, making him even more restless.

The day before yesterday, he received a telegram from the government on the ship, asking the Chahar government to pay an extra 406 mm M1919 coastal defense gun, which was obviously taking advantage of the fire to rob Hans was extremely dissatisfied, and Hans thought that it was extremely unwise to damage the friendly relations between the German government and the Chahar government for the sake of the four mén coastal defense guns. Therefore, he explained his views to the German government on the ship the day before yesterday, but so far he has not received a reply from the German government.

"Hahaha" While Hans was pondering, Su Tong strode in with a smile and said with a smile: "Dear Mr. Hans, we meet again, this is really surprising news." ”

Hans stood up and saluted: "Hello, respected General Su, I am also very surprised and moved to see you again, is it okay not to see you for a long time?" ”

"Of course, I'm good, but I've heard that you've brought some good news that surprised me, didn't you?" Su Tong's polite words came as soon as he opened his mouth, which made Hans feel a little embarrassed.

"Well, that's right, I have brought our goodwill and the greetings of His Excellency the Führer to you this time on the orders of our Führer," Speaking of this, Colonel Hans obviously hesitated for a moment before saying, "General Su, I also brought a little request from our admiral for you. ”

"Is that the four mén shore defense guns?" Su Tong said with a smile.

"Yes!" Colonel Hans said embarrassedly, "I'm really sorry about this incident, our government is really not so financially well-off now, and the navy urgently needs those shore defense guns to be deployed on Hanston Island to warn those damned British!" After saying that, Hans looked at Su Tong with some embarrassment, although he didn't understand this order, but as a soldier, he still had to resolutely obey the order of the government.

"That's no problem at all!" Unexpectedly, Su Tong readily agreed, but before Hans was happy, Su Tong said again, "But I believe that there is a free lunch in the world, since your country has put forward its own requirements, in line with the principle of equality, we also have some requirements to put forward." ”

"Tell me." Hans nodded, and he decided that he could accede to their requests as long as it was within his purview.

"We hope to exchange these shore defense guns and your four ocean-going submarines, what do you think?" Su Tong smiled slyly.

"This is not possible, now our navy's equipment is also very tight, and it is impossible for extra submarines to come to Jiāo for you to use." Colonel Hans's head shook like a broken drum.

"So what is Guigang going to use to exchange these shore defense guns with our jiāo? You know, that's two million dollars, and according to the equal jīng god, are you prepared to pay anything equal to these two million dollars or something? ”

"This!" Hanston was red even "we"

Just when Hans was embarrassed, Su Tong suddenly laughed, "Hehe, okay Mr. Hans, I'm just joking with you." I haven't put two million dollars in my eyes yet, but I think the friendship between us is more important than anything else, and these few shore defense guns are a little bit of a gift from us to your country. ”

When he heard Su Tong say this, Hanston was overjoyed, stood up and held Su Tong's hand and said, "General Su, on behalf of the German government, I thank you for your generosity. ”

"You're welcome, it's what we should do to be able to do something for our allies." Although Su Tong had a smile on his face, he was secretly thinking in his heart, you have a beard, now let you be proud for a while, and then we will settle the new account and the old account in the future, so that you can't cry.

"All right, Mr. Hans, please be seated. I'm sure you've come all the way to Chahar not just for the four mén shore defense artillery! ”

Su Tong stretched out his hand and motioned for Hans to sit down.

"Of course, it is General Su that our head of state believes that our two sides should strengthen close cooperation with each other and jointly meet the great challenges from the future, which is what our political government has agreed upon. We would also like to be able to purchase your ore and supplies such as sideburns and coal. This is the treaty"

"Yes!" Su Tong took the treaty and looked at it carefully